Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax. In the circles I ran in, Reagan was mocked as a childish dolt. Thatcher was despised.
I am not trying to be young again. But I do feel the need to capture that energy in story form before it slips from my mind, to recount those adventu… - Jon Weisman
I am not trying to be young again. But I do feel the need to capture that energy in story form before it slips from my mind, to recount those adventu…
- Jon Weisman
I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am white and my main characters are wh… - Jon Weisman
I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am white and my main characters are wh…
Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax. In th… - Jon Weisman
Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax. In th…
For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape Br… - Jon Weisman
For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape Br…
I hope I will get to novelize my present circumstances at some point. I have some great stories to tell. - Jon Weisman
I hope I will get to novelize my present circumstances at some point. I have some great stories to tell.
Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right. - Jon Weisman
Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better. - Jon Weisman
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better.
Liberals in the US don't have great passions about Margaret Thatcher. Conservatives do. For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservativ… - Jon Weisman
Liberals in the US don't have great passions about Margaret Thatcher. Conservatives do. For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservativ…
One of the great sadnesses of my life, as I take stock at middle age, is the sense that the adventure largely ended by the time I was twenty-five. - Jon Weisman
One of the great sadnesses of my life, as I take stock at middle age, is the sense that the adventure largely ended by the time I was twenty-five.
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